Shining Armor
Kind	Unicorn
Sex	Male
Residence	Canterlot (originally) Crystal Empire
Occupation	Captain of the Canterlot Royal Guard Co-leader of the Crystal Empire

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Eyes	Moderate cerulean
Mane	Moderate sapphire blue with moderate cerulean and dark phthalo blue
Coat	Turquoisish white
Magic aura	Light rose
Nicknames	Prince Shining Armor
Relatives	Twilight Sparkle (little sister) Princess Cadance (wife) "Night Light" (father) Twilight Velvet (mother) Princess Celestia (aunt-in-law) Princess Luna (aunt-in-law)
Hooves	Moderate sapphire blue
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Voice	Andrew Francis (English) Patrizio Prata (Italian) Michał Podsiadło (Polish) Nico Sablik (German) Wendel Bezerra (Brazilian Portuguese) José Antonio Macías (Latin American Spanish)

Shining Armor is a unicorn pony and Twilight Sparkle's older brother. He is the captain of the Canterlot Royal Guard, serving under Princess Celestia, and bears the title of Prince via his marriage to Princess Cadance. He first appears in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1, the first part of the two-part finale of the second season of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, alongside Princess Cadance. A blurb on one of the toy sets featuring Shining Armor says that he and Princess Cadance "lead the Crystal Empire together!"

Contents 1 Depiction in the series 1.1 Season 2 1.2 Season 3 2 Other depictions 2.1 Toys 2.2 Mobile game 2.3 My Little Pony mobile game description 2.4 Trading cards 2.5 Promotional material 3 Appearances 4 Quotes 5 Gallery 6 References 7 Comments

Depiction in the seriesEdit

Season 2Edit

Shining Armor first appears in a flashback, as Twilight describes her relationship with her brother to her friends. She calls him her "B.B.B.F.F." (Big Brother Best Friend Forever), and depicts him as very caring toward her, him being the only one she would be friends with at the time. They were close throughout her childhood and he was present to see her off on the day she left Canterlot for Ponyville, but they started losing touch with each other after that. Twilight fears that now he is marrying "Princess Mi Amore Cadenza" (unaware that this unknown pony is Cadance) and starting a family, they'll never see each other again.

Shining Armor became the captain of the Royal Guard, and was engaged to Princess Cadance shortly before the events of the episode. He was unable to announce his engagement to his sister in person due to a threat on the safety of Canterlot. At the request of Princess Celestia, Shining Armor used his magic to create a protective barrier around Canterlot and keep it there constantly. However, unknown to everyone, Queen Chrysalis was already in Canterlot and had taken the place of Princess Cadance.

Before the wedding, Twilight tries to broach the subject to Shining Armor, but the false Cadance interrupts before they have a chance to talk and takes him into another room. Twilight, peeking through the door, sees Chrysalis, diguised as Cadance casting her spell on Shining Armor, concludes that she's "downright evil," and then runs off. Twilight at last confronts Cadance during the wedding rehearsal, causing "Cadance" to run off in tears. Shining Armor is so upset with Twilight for her actions, after justifying Cadance's behavior, he tells Twilight she is no longer his Best Mare and suggests that she should not bother coming to the wedding at all.

By the time the wedding begins, Shining Armor is completely under the power of Queen Chrysalis. He remains in a trance-like state until Twilight finally reunites him with the real Cadance. Her magic breaks the spell, but by now an army of Changelings has broken through his shield and is invading Canterlot. Shining Armor tries to perform a spell to repel the changelings, but he doesn't have the strength. Cadance tells Shining Armor that her love will give him strength, and the two's magic spreads outward and repels all the changelings and their queen out of Canterlot and off into the horizon.

The wedding is redone with the real Cadance involved in the planning, and Shining Armor, having reconciled with Twilight off screen, makes her his Best Mare again. He jokes with her that Cadance only agreed to marry him after he told her she'd be gaining Twilight as her sister. At the wedding, Celestia proclaims that the power of Cadance and Shining Armor's love is undeniable, and pronounces them "mare and colt." The couple looks onto the castle courtyard and wave to the cheering crowds, then kiss.

After a wedding reception montage, Cadance and Shining Armor prepare to leave in their chariot. Before they do, Shining Armor thanks Twilight for all her help. The happy couple then ride off into the night, presumably going on their honeymoon.

On a side note, due to Shining Armor marrying Princess Cadance, he is considered royalty similar to Prince Blueblood or Princess Luna. Twilight Sparkle, Shining Armor's younger sister, is also considered royalty because her older brother, Shining Armor, married Princess Cadance, making her "In-Law Royalty".

A preview photo released by Entertainment Weekly shows Shining Armor running through a snowy area, presumably a part the Crystal Empire, alongside the rest of the main six and Spike.

Like his sister, Shining Armor is a danger-prone, having been hypnotized by Queen Chrysalis and having his magic cut off by King Sombra.

Season 3Edit

His next appearance is one episode later, in The Crystal Empire - Part 1. When Celestia gets the message about the Crystal Empire returning, she says to get Shining Armor and Princess Cadance. We see him in the Arctic North of Equestria at the station where the main six see him. They run to the Crystal Empire, only for his horn to be encrusted with black crystals by King Sombra. He reunites with Cadance and stays with her and comforts her.

He is shown when the main six return from the library to tell him their plan about the Crystal Faire. After it has been found out that the crystal heart was a relic (Twilight cut a replica out of crystals), Twilight tells her brother and Cadance about the problem. After a while, Cadance falters and "passes out", only to be slightly recovered by her love for Shining Armor.

After Twilight found the real crystal heart, she gave it to Spike, who had to climb down black crystals to bring it to Cadance. But as Spike falls down, Shining Armor throws his wife in the air, right toward the heart, since she did not have the strength to launch herself on her own. His horn was restored when Sombra and all his dark crystals were destroyed by the power of the Crystal Heart. One other aftermath of the incident was that Shining Armor, Princess Cadance, and the main six were temporarily crystallized. After having saved the Crystal Empire, Shining Armor jokes to Twilight that she has to stop saving him.

Shining Armor's next appearance is in Games Ponies Play where he's seen training some Crystal Ponies for the Equestria Games. He briefly meets Ms. Peachbottom, whom everyone had mistaken for the Equestria Games inspector, and is shocked when she admits she is just a tourist, not to mention embarrassed when she flirts with him. He is later present when the real inspector, Ms. Harshwhinny, announces that the Crystal Empire will be hosting the next Equestria Games.

Shining Armor's latest appearance is in Magical Mystery Cure. He cries out of pride for Twilight becoming a princess. However, he insists that they aren't tears, but "liquid pride."

Other depictionsEdit

ToysEdit

Shining Armor was put in multiple 2012 playsets, always paired with Cadance and often themed around their wedding:

• A "Pony Princess Wedding Castle" playset, featuring a plastic castle and Playful Pony characters Shining Armor and Princess Cadance.

• The Miniature Collection contains a Pony Wedding set, with Shining Armor, Princess Cadance, and Twilight Sparkle.^[1]

• A Target exclusive playset with Shining Armor and Princess Cadance Fashion Style ponies,^[2] which states the couple "lead the Crystal Empire together".

He is also mentioned on the large talking Princess Cadance toy's packaging, which states "Princess Cadance can't wait to marry her prince, Shining Armor".^[3]

Mobile gameEdit

Shining Armor is one of the available playable characters in Gameloft's mobile game. The game sometimes lists him as Prince Shining Armor.^[4] An early preview of the game listed him as Shining Armour^[5] instead of Shining Armor.^[6]

My Little Pony mobile game descriptionEdit

Twilight Sparkle's big brother Shining Armor is Captain of the Canterlot Royal Guard. He is also married to Princess Cadance.

Trading cardsEdit

Shining Armor is listed as possessing a seventh Element of Harmony, Love, in the 2012 My Little Pony trading cards; the initial release additionally lists it as his pet. The element is also attributed to Princess Cadance.

Promotional materialEdit

In a video uploaded by The Hub's YouTube channel during the week between the screening and airing of A Canterlot Wedding, Katherine Kallinis mentions "The Hub's My Little Pony Royal Wedding of Princess Cadance and Prince Shining Armor".^[7]

The home page of Treehouse TV's My Little Pony Royal Wedding Contest site states "Princess Cadance, niece of Princess Celestia, and Prince Shining Armor, brother of Twilight Sparkle, are getting married".^[8]

The Meet the Ponies page of an Australian My Little Pony Wedding promotional site uses fanart of Shining Armor,^[9] lists him as Shining Armour, and reuses the large talking Princess Cadance toy's packaging description stating "Princess Cadance can't wait to marry her prince, Shining Armor".^[10]

On May 16, 2013, the official European Spanish My Little Pony Facebook page posted fanart of Shining Armor and Twilight Sparkle^[11] along with the question "¿Sabéis cómo se llama el futuro marido de la princesa Cadance, que también es el hermano mayor de Twilight Sparkle?"^[12]

AppearancesEdit

See also character appearances

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Y	At least one appearance where the character is the focus of a shot
B	Background appearance or an appearance where the character is not the focus
M	No appearance, but a mention by name or title
N	No appearance and no mention by name or title

Season one

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Season three

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QuotesEdit

"A threat has been made against Canterlot. We don't know who is responsible for it, but Princess Celestia asked that I help provide additional protection."

— A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1

"The burden of keeping Canterlot safe and secure rests squarely on my shoulders."

— A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1

"You're my little sister. Of course you're important to me. But I would understand if you didn't want to be my best mare now."

— A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1

"No! My power is useless now. I don't have the strength to repel them."

— A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2

"I told her she wouldn't just be gaining a husband; she'd be getting a pretty great sister too."

— A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2

"None of this would've been possible without you, little sis. Love ya, Twily."

— A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2

"You've gotta stop saving my rump like this. It's starting to get embarrassing."

— The Crystal Empire - Part 2

"Come on, gang! Are we gonna gallop, or are we gonna trot!?"

— Games Ponies Play

"Of course not, it's...it's liquid pride. Totally different thing."

— Magical Mystery Cure

GalleryEdit

Shining Armor image gallery

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ Official Facebook page "My Little Pony Miniature Collection"
2. ↑ Equestria Daily: "Shining Armor and Cadance Fashion Style toy Target Exclusive"
3. ↑ My Little Pony Princess Cadance Pony, The toy for every little Girl.. JadeLouise Designs (2012-10-12). Retrieved on 2012 November 10.
4. ↑ Game Review - My Little Pony Friendship is Magic on iPad, iPhone & iPod touch (2012-11-07). Retrieved on 2012 November 10.
5. ↑ Hands On With Gameloft's New Pony Game (2012-10-14). Retrieved on 2012 November 10.
6. ↑ My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic - Universal - HD Gameplay Trailer (2012-11-07). Retrieved on 2012 November 10.
7. ↑ My Little Pony Friendship is Magic - Unofficial Royal Wedding Pastry Chefs (2012-04-19). Retrieved on 2012 November 10.
8. ↑ My Little Pony Royal Wedding Contest - Index Page. Retrieved on 2012 November 10.
9. ↑ Cadence (2011-12-14). Retrieved on 2012 November 10.
10. ↑ My Little Pony Wedding - Meet the Ponies. Retrieved on 2012 November 10.
11. ↑ Twilight Sparkle Helps Shining Armour Up (2012-12-15). Retrieved on 2013 May 17.
12. ↑ Timeline Photos (2013-05-16). Retrieved on 2013 May 17.

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